DORADA is funded by the European Commission Research Executive Agency, Marie-Curie Actions-Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways. An on-going and forecasted explosive growth of broadcast and broadband multimedia satellite communication services is putting extreme pressure to increase throughput.

DORADA organises radio competition: as part of an effort to attract engineers to radio electronics and antennas, DORADA organises a wireless competition where students have to design an antenna. The competition is open to teams with students from Electrical Engineer from year 1 to year 5 and a final event is planned for 2017!